and i have to admit that i am one to blame for some misleading poll results...

i always was quite positive in my votes, hoping that most modules would be useful to many people and would sell ok...

for the A186-1 (OR combiner), i was the one that said it would be very very useful, because it is, indeed, useful for me,  (i have two of them) and i thought that most people would want this module, as you just combine it with an A161 clock sequencer (that most users have, i guess) and you get a Gate Sequencer for a rediculous price!

but, i guess not many people thought of that (or cared about that)...


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--- On Fri, 2/13/09, yahoo@... < yahoo@... > wrote:
From: yahoo@... < yahoo@... >
Subject: AW: 1 Re: popular or not
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 10:22 AM












> I can't believe that a simple uncontrolled poll of only 29 users

> is meaningful to you to base

> your product planning around it. I bet that only those who are

> emotionally invested will

> bother to vote and most everyone else will ignore the poll. It's

> meaningless data.

>

> It's like asking a 29 people what food they like and opening a

> restaurant menu based on

> that. I think you're better off to rely on your vision, business

> and marketing expertise than

> these useless polls.



Of course the polls from the group are not the only criterion for the

decision of new modules. We also discuss new designs with musicians outside

the Yahoo group and - believe it or not - some are even our own ideas. When

you take a look at the list of the latest new modules there are a couple of

devices that were not discussed in or suggested by the group (e.g. the XP

VCF A-106-6, the Dual lin/exp VCA A-132-3, the Dual VC Crossfader A-132-2,

the Wave Multiplier II, the new Midi interface A-190-2 or the Synthesizer

Voice A-111-5). But in the past the poll results were very helpful (e.g. for

the BBD modules A-188-x, the Vactrol modules A-101-X, the SOU modules

A-149-x, the morphing filter A-107 or the bit modifier A-189-1).



After all the poor sales of some newer modules did not surprise me and of

course it was also my own mistake. I should have listened to my inner voice

:-) I was not convinced by some of the polls but have been persuaded by a

couple of users to manufacture the modules. I think in the future I will

listen more carefully to my inner voice. I made the experience that if I was

convinced by a new module myself more than 95% of the users had the same

assessment.



Best wishes

Dieter Doepfer































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